Mate S

Last time I wrote about smartphones beyond the odd news post and live blogs at events, I had purchased a $160 smartphone for my own use that ran four days on a single battery charge. Not too long after, Huawei invited me over to their UK office to show me the Mate S, and their new Force Touch edition. Andrei’s review of the Mate S had been uploaded only the previous day, so part of the discussion was around some of the findings in that review, but the purpose of bringing me into the London office was to actually try the new features. I was taken through the motions of Force Touch on Huawei’s hardware. I wasn’t expecting it at the time, but at...